MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 41.7,-88.5 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 75 SFC 984 212 21.7 15.9 69 5.8 17.9 220 9 296.2 298.3 291.6 329.7 11.61 2 950 518 20.0 13.1 65 6.9 15.6 245 24 297.5 299.3 290.7 326.6 10.02 3 900 981 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.3 255 24 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.9 9.43 4 850 1465 12.0 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 256 24 298.7 300.3 290.2 324.8 8.93 5 800 1970 9.0 4.9 75 4.2 6.7 253 22 300.8 302.0 289.0 320.9 6.78 6 750 2502 5.6 4.4 92 1.2 4.9 259 22 302.7 303.9 289.9 323.6 7.01 7 700 3064 2.5 0.2 85 2.2 1.3 270 22 305.2 306.2 289.4 322.1 5.56 8 650 3659 -1.2 -3.3 86 2.1 -2.2 267 21 307.6 308.5 289.3 321.9 4.63 9 600 4293 -4.9 -6.2 90 1.4 -5.5 268 20 310.5 311.2 289.7 323.0 4.00 10 550 4973 -8.7 -13.5 68 4.8 -10.5 272 22 313.7 314.2 289.3 321.7 2.45 11 500 5704 -13.2 -21.6 49 8.4 -15.5 271 22 317.0 317.2 289.2 321.6 1.36 12 450 6499 -18.5 -22.9 68 4.4 -19.7 274 26 320.0 320.2 290.2 324.6 1.34 13 400 7367 -23.9 -30.2 56 6.3 -25.1 279 30 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.78 14 350 8326 -31.6 -37.3 57 5.7 -32.4 283 34 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.44 15 300 9396 -40.7 -44.4 67 3.8 -40.9 287 35 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.24 16 250 10608 -51.1 -55.2 62 4.1 -51.3 312 40 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.09 17 200 12029 -58.2 -65.6 38 7.4 -58.3 299 35 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 13841 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.3 290 34 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16424 -56.6 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 279 22 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.06 m Freezing level: 666.48 mb = 3462.70 m = 11360.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.39 mb = 3280.10 m = 10761.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.19 mb = 951.04 m = 3120.17 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1607.57 m = 5274.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.80 C = 76.64 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.89 C K Index: 32.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.78 mb = 1407.36 m = 4617.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.78 mb = 2170.38 m = 7120.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.78 mb = 6651.30 m = 21821.59 ft B at Equ Level: 113.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.78 mb = 9151.30 m = 30023.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s